Rodent

fall, insects and rodents are looking for a warm shelter for the winter, and homes provide an inviting place with food, water, and warmth. Termites and ants will invade a home and burrow into the wood, creating tunnels through the framework and support beams. The damage can be devastating, and the cost of repair excessive - when repair is possible at all. Scheduling professional pest control in Fort Worth can take control of invading pests, and prevent additional infestations. Rodents will enter…

Yersinia pestis One of the five bacterium I identified was Yersinia pestis. It is a gram negative rod and these are the tests that identified it (and the results of those tests): gram morphology (g-rod), oxidase (negative), lactose fermentation (negative), indole (negative), urease (negative), motility (negative), orthine dicarboxylase (negative). These tests were chosen as directed by my flow chart. Discovery During a plague epidemic in Hong Kong in 1894, Yersinia pestis was discovered by…

benefit them better. It started in ancient egypt and moved around the world. Domesticated cats can be found all around the world nowadays. People have taken cats into their homes to claim them as pets. The domesticated cat started off as a simple rodent hunter that realized humans are useful to them and decided to stick with the human comunitte. We have spread cats all around the world and with each new generation of cats the wild genes that once raced through their bodies slowly fade.…

proof that BPA can cause any of these problems. In an interview In another article published by WebMD, Vandenberg says, “The levels of BPA in people frequently exceed the levels shown to have effects in rodents in these studies.” However, human bodies are much, much bigger than the bodies of rodents that these studies are performed on. Not only that, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, showed proof of an experiment that showed human bodies metabolize Bisphenol A much faster…

Americans use twenty-six million animals for research, 95% are rodents, birds and fish.The U.S. consumes nine billion chickens and one hundred and fifty million cows,pigs,and sheep. Animal testing should be legal for many reasons. Some of the reasons include: medicine purposes, diabetes, pacemakers and many other stuff in the medical field. Animals themselves benefit from testing. Researchers found vaccines for rabies, Leukemia, and parvo all while using animals to test on. All the vaccines…

cell-to-cell interactions, and maturation of immune-competence. Also, if babies are exposed to ionizing radiation between 10-17 gestational weeks, the threat can cause microcephaly (Etzel & Balk, 2003). When scientists tested these environmental threats on rodents, the animals had an increased risk of hypersensitivity and autoimmune diseases (Wigle, 2003). There is little evidence that proves these environmental threats effect humans in the same way (Wigle,…

article “Nutria, A Rat-like Pest Ravaging Gulf Coast Wetlands, Can Be Lured With New Substance” by Stevens Institute of Technology introduce the reader to a new possibility when it comes to controlling the nutria rat population in Louisiana. A 10-pound rodent that is ravaging the southern wetlands since it arrived here. Most of the damage “to the marshland ecology in the Mississippi Delta following Hurricanes Rita and Katrina” (Stevens Institute of Technology 1). The biology of the nutria rat…

Innocent animals are dying every day from not needed animal research. Over 26 million animals yearly are tested in the United States. (Animal-Testing) The pain, stress, and simply put ABUSE that they endure is inhumane. There are many ways that we can discover new products and cures without using innocent animals. As a United States American, I feel that we need to make a change for the better and STOP the abuse of these animals. When doing research on animals it has been said to be a…

Chinchillas and rabbits come from the same family roots but are just as contrasting as paper is to pen. Most similarities revolve around their rodent features and petite size, which is a fair assumption that many would vouch for. But after that, the two start drifting on their own individual branches. Considering their distinct hygiene and perplexing appearance, anyone would have to think twice before mistaking one for the other. Chinchillas, the precious balls of fluff that God’s gift to the…

The Bubonic Plague: An Attack on the Lymphatic System The systems in our body all work together to keep us healthy and functioning, when there is an issue with one system, effects can be seen throughout the body. Plague is a zoonosis, a contagious disease of animals that can be transmitted to humans. The bubonic plague is an infection of the lymphatic system, which is a vital part of the immune system. Many people are familiar with the bubonic plague and its effects since the disease is…